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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly [syn: alula, calypter]
2: tuft of small stiff feathers on the first digit of a bird's wing [syn: bastard wing, alula, spurious wing]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural alulae) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of ala wing — more at aisle Date: 1772 the process of a bird's wing corresponding to the thumb and bearing a few short quills — called also bastard wing

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alula Al"u*la, n. [NL., dim. of L. ala a wing.] (Zo["o]l.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.